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14 November, 2005
A four-hour general strike across Italy is scheduled for 25 November in protest to the Berlusconi government’s proposed 2006 budget.
All three major trade union federations—CGIL, CISL and UIL, numbering 11.2 million workers—have called for the strike.
The Berlusconi budget, which must be approved by Parliament by year’s end, calls for US$24 billion in spending cuts, plus regressive revenue-raising measures. Among the proposed cuts are US$2.4 billion in social security costs that companies now must pay for the welfare of workers.